How much water

[luey]

I have heard that you are supposed to drink a lot of water while tTC/ early stages. Is this true? If so how much is a lot? I usually drink about 1.5-2L/ day, possibly more. Are diet soft drinks/mineral waters ok occassionally?

Thanks

[sammy88]

Hi Luey,
I have heard that you should drink 8 glasses of water a day (which I think is equivalent to 2 litres). I am not sure about the soft drink though but I can't imagine it would be a problem.
Good luck with TTC.
SAM

[Deltadawn]

Hi Luey

The sugar in soft drinks will dehydrate the water you have consumed so best to cut these out (or at least only drink a can a day if possible). If you cant bear the thought of cutting out soft drinks, try to drink an extra glass of water per can of drink to counteract the dehydration.

[luey]

Thanks for that, I only rarely have soft drink. More often it is diet mineral water or diet soft drink. Occassionally it is full sugar. I mainly drink water, I just wasn't sure if you were supposed to drink more while TTC. Will only be a real issue with more soft drinks when we go out and I can't drink alcohol . I will have to drink something "nice" than plain water all night.